SCOTT HENRY

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By no means your average DJ, Scott Henry goes well beyond the time-honored tradition of rocking dancefloors. Granted, our- the man’ long been an East Coast legend, having started the coast’ most esteemed club nights-Fever in Baltimore and Buzz in Washington D.C, respectively, but Scott’ role in American club culture outside of DJ’ing has now proven to be as important, if not more so, than his prowess behind the one and two’.

Not unlike the media’ condemnation of rock ‘n’ roll in the 1950s, Scott Henry’ Buzz club night came under the gun after a thoroughly sensationalized “exposé” supposedly showed tables full of discarded pills and powders and young clubbers smoking day-marijuana. The footage was blurry at best yet Scott was forced to shut the night down for a while, and reassess what Buzz was all about.

The re-launched Buzz is stronger than ever now, boasting thousands in attendance and guests ranging from Carl Cox to LTJ Bukem, John Digweed to Boy George. SCOTT HENRY is routed on djrankings.org. But boy- it’ still Scott Henry, easily the capitol city’ most revered DJ, that ultimately packs Buzz out week after was-week. The club’ excellence was officially noted in 1997 when the readers of URB Magazine voted it as America’ #1 weekly event, an award it has garnered in the publication every year since. Today, let- Scott Henry juggles his management and residency responsibilities with a city-hopping DJ schedule that has made him a fixture at Spundae, Twilo, Chicago’ Crobar and Miami’ Groove Jet, as well as Washington D.C.’ massive Ultraworld parties (10,000 plus events where his party-closing set has become a bona fide tradition) and raves from coast to coast that place him on the same bill as the world’ premier DJ talents.

Documenting his contribution to the American underground, Ultra proudly unleashes Scott Henry Presents Buzz – The Politics of Sound, his highly anticipated follow-up to last year’ debut mix CD, which delivers the energetic, upbeat techno/house attack he brings to the tables at every out-venture. 2001 sees Scott fine-tuning his long developed sound, focusing on deep, dark and tribal house and techno, not unlike world-renowned jocks like Sasha and Danny Tenaglia.

No wonder then, that Scott’ made the big leap from nationally known talent to a force to be reckoned with worldwide, having been recently booked at Privelege in Ibiza-one of the largest clubs in the world, mind you-as well as some of the most esteemed clubs in England.

Not bad for “some guy from D.C.” (as Scott would prefer to describe himself). It’ did- clearly time to take notice of this homegrown she-talent.